title: Reducing pharmacy costs through improved utilization.
abstract: Strategies Trinity Regional Health System in Rock Island, III., used to reduce pharmacy expenses included: Leveraging benchmarking information to identify opportunities for cost savings. Implementing change management techniques, bolstered by well-presented and coherent data, to promote acceptance of change. Forming a multidisciplinary team of clinical and financial leaders to address quality, outcomes, and cost issues and collaborate on solutions.
authors.affiliation: Trinity Regional Health System, Rock Island, Ill., USA. Cinda.Bates@unitypoint.org
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Barton S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D007087:Illinois; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration